1901 in Wales
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This article is about the particular significance of the year 1901 to Wales and its people.
Incumbents
- Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales â Hwfa Môn[1]
- Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey â Sir Richard Henry Williams-Bulkeley, 12th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Brecknockshire â Joseph Bailey, 1st Baron Glanusk[2]
- Lord Lieutenant of Caernarvonshire â John Ernest Greaves[3]
- Lord Lieutenant of Cardiganshire â Herbert Davies-Evans[4]
- Lord Lieutenant of Carmarthenshire â Sir James Williams-Drummond, 4th Baronet[5]
- Lord Lieutenant of Denbighshire â William Cornwallis-West[6]
- Lord Lieutenant of Flintshire â Hugh Robert Hughes[7]
- Lord Lieutenant of Glamorgan â Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
- Lord Lieutenant of Merionethshire â W. R. M. Wynne[8]
- Lord Lieutenant of Monmouthshire â Godfrey Morgan, 1st Viscount Tredegar[9]*Lord Lieutenant of Montgomeryshire â Sir Herbert Williams-Wynn, 7th Baronet
- Lord Lieutenant of Pembrokeshire â Frederick Campbell, 3rd Earl Cawdor[10]
- Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire â Powlett Milbank[11]
- Bishop of Bangor â Watkin Williams[12]
- Bishop of Llandaff â Richard Lewis[13]
- Bishop of St Asaph â A. G. Edwards (later Archbishop of Wales)[14]
- Bishop of St Davids â John Owen[15]
Events
- January â Samuel Thomas Evans becomes the last QC appointed by Queen Victoria.[16]
- 22 January â Albert Edward, Prince of Wales accedes to the throne as King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, following the death of Queen Victoria.
- 31 March â The 10-yearly Census of England and Wales is taken. The population of Wales is shown to have topped two million for the first time in history. Over 15% of the population speak Welsh as their sole language.[17]
- 3 April â Frederick Rutherfoord Harris, MP for Monmouth Boroughs, is unseated for alleged electoral malpractice.[18]
- 17 April â Mawddwy Railway passenger services are suspended "pending repairs";[19] goods services are also suspended between May and October.
- 7 May â In the by-election at Monmouth Boroughs, Joseph Lawrence becomes the new Conservative MP.[20]
- 24 May â 81 miners are killed in an accident at Universal Colliery, Senghenydd.[21]
- 10 September â Twelve miners are killed in a mining accident at Llanbradach Colliery in Glamorgan.[22]
- 9 November
- Prince George, Duke of Cornwall and York (later George V) and his wife Mary of Teck officially become Prince and Princess of Wales.
- Shipping magnate Alfred Lewis Jones is awarded a knighthood.[23]
- December â The Rhymney Railway opens Caerphilly railway works.[24]
- Gomer Berry and William Ewart Berry co-found Advertising World.[25]
- Samuel Walker Griffith helps draft the Australian constitution.
- Construction of Port Talbot Steelworks begins.[26]
- Construction of the 156-room Grand Hotel at Llandudno, the largest in Wales at the time.[27]
Arts and literature
- Arthur Machen joins Frank Benson's travelling theatre company.
Awards
- National Eisteddfod of Wales â held in Merthyr Tydfil
- Chair â Evan Rees, "Y Diwigiwr"[28]
- Crown â John Gwili Jenkins
New books
English language
- J. E. Morris â The Welsh Wars of Edward I[29][30]
- The Dau Wynne â A Maid of Cymru
Welsh language
- Morris Williams (Nicander) â Damhegion Esop ar Gân (published posthumously)[31]
- Owen Morgan Edwards (ed) â Gwaith Dafydd ab Gwilym (Cyfres y Fil)[32]
Sport
- Rugby Union
- 9 February â Scotland beat Wales 18â8 at Inverleith, Edinburgh.
- Pontypool RFC and Tenby United RFC are founded.
Births
- 4 January â Lonza Bowdler, Wales international rugby player (died 1963)
- 18 February â Will Owen, politician (died 1981)
- 27 February â Iorwerth Peate, social anthropologist, poet and author, founder of the Welsh Folk Museum (died 1982)[33]
- 4 March â Edward Prosser Rhys, journalist and poet (died 1945)[34]
- 1 April â Tom Jones, cricketer (died 1935)
- 18 April â Mel Rosser, dual-code international rugby player (died 1988)[35]
- 22 May â David Morgan Jenkins, rugby player (died 1968)
- 11 June â Jack Livesey, actor (died 1961 in the United States)
- 22 June â Naunton Wayne, actor (died 1970)[36]
- 3 September â Alexander Tudor-Hart, doctor and political activist (died 1992)[37]
- 10 September â Rowe Harding, Wales and British Lions rugby player (died 1991)
- 9 November â Rhys Davies, writer (died 1978)[38]
- 10 December â Ivor Jones, rugby player (died 1982)
- 24 December â Hilary Marquand, economist and MP (died 1972)[39]
- date unknown â Ivor R. Davies, Welsh-descended organist and composer (died 1970)[40]
Deaths
- 20 January â James Harvey Insole, English-born colliery proprietor, 79[41]
- 7 February â Leonard Watkins, Wales international rugby union player, 41
- 21 February â John Deffett Francis, artist, 85[42]
- 14 May â Fanny Price-Gwynne, polymath, 82
- June â Abel Jones (Bardd Crwst), balladeer, 71[43]
- 1 June
- John Viriamu Jones, scientist, 45[44]
- Morgan Albert Ellis, Welsh-American preacher (born 1832)
- 30 June â John Jones Griffiths[45]
- 18 August â Evan James, rugby player, 32
- 26 August â Robert Ricketts Evans, executioner[46]
- 5 September â Rhys Gwesyn Jones, minister and author, 75[47]
- 15 September â John Richards (Isalaw), musician, 58[48]
- 22 September â William Davies (Mynorydd), artist, 75[49]
- 24 November â Evan Lewis, Dean of Bangor, 83[50]
- 26 November â Robert Clayton, cricketer, 57
- 16 December â David Lewis, Archdeacon of Carmarthen, 62[51]